Spending to Win: Political Institutions, Economic Geography, and Government Subsidies - Couverture rigide

Rickard, Stephanie J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1108422322 ISBN 13 : 9781108422321

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Governments in some democracies target economic policies, like industrial subsidies, to small groups at the expense of many. Why do some governments redistribute more narrowly than others? Their willingness to selectively target economic benefits, like subsidies to businesses, depends on the way politicians are elected and the geographic distribution of economic activities. Based on interviews with government ministers and bureaucrats, as well as parliamentary records, industry publications, local media coverage, and new quantitative data, Spending to Win: Political Institutions, Economic Geography, and Government Subsidies demonstrates that government policy-making can be explained by the combination of electoral institutions and economic geography. Specifically, it shows how institutions interact with economic geography to influence countries' economic policies and international economic relations. Identical institutions have wide-ranging effects depending on the context in which they operate. No single institution is a panacea for issues, such as income inequality, international economic conflict, or minority representation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stephanie J. Rickard is Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108422322
• ISBN 13: 9781108422321
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie